Asymptomatic cerebral involvement in Sjögren's syndrome: MRI findings of 15 cases

1 January 1993

journal article
head and-neck-radiology
Published by Springer Nature in Neuroradiology

Vol. 35 (5) , 378-380
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00588375

Abstract

Fifteen patients with Sjögren's syndrome without clinical evidence of central nervous system disease were studied by MRI. Signal abnormalities were observed in 9 (60%). They were always visible on T2-weighted images as small punctate areas of high signal in the basal ganglia and the white matter of the cerebral hemispheres. Abnormalities were less frequently seen on T1-weighted images. Enlargement of cerebral sulci was observed in 6 cases. The specificity and significance of these abnormalities are discussed.

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